Sunday, April 16, 2017

Lately,
I am enamored by small gestures and found several of them on a school
field trip to New York City. López's ruler, in which all the numbers had
fallen off only to be drawn on the sheet of paper below, was a
highlight. If my main medium was drawing, I would strive to make art
like his (also similar to this in concept).

Chance
encounter in the Sky Room at the New Museum - a woman crouching to
photograph a toy dinosaur - her form resembling the plastic creature
itself. The room, bathed in white light, hints at the mountains of snow
melting in the city below.

Raymond Pettibon, A Pen of All Work at the New Museum

I
could stand all day in the "wave room" engulfed by Pettibon's
large-scale drawings, perhaps finally understanding what it would feel
like to surf a pipeline (via words not action). It was the sentiment of
the phrase that made me feel small in the midst of overwhelming blue.

These are not Duane Hanson sculptures. Despite the controversy (we were there during the first Dana Schutz protest), this was the best Whitney Biennial I had ever seen and am thankful for its diversity and references to current times. The reaction above was the exact opposite of mine yet I appreciate seeing others sleeping in public where people had no reservations documenting it.

This was not a small gesture - rather an immersive experience into the Toiletpaper world I continue to respond to each month on Instagram. I am grateful that the rest of the gang enjoyed it as much as I did. Seeing flat photographs come to life in three-dimensional (and often functional form) was an eye-opener in various modes of presentation.

About Me

I am fascinated by Conceptual Art, photography and its relationship to sculpture and installation, artist’s books, appropriation, the Earthworks movement, and the narrative as found in constructed imagery. Found photographs, maps, 16th century cabinets of curiosity in the form of the wunderkammer, fake desserts, swimming pools, worn and dilapidated objects, obsessive behavior in collecting, repetition, and storytelling are all important influences. Recently, my interests have expanded to include clandestine activities through artist correspondence, interventions, and guerilla art projects. I am also a photographer of objects - the object transformed into a self-portrait, a representation of place, a distant memory, or a symbol of fixation.
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